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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
   ak>  Olly Richards obviously tried to make his pupils to see    
   ak>  in their imagination some bright images.    
      
      
             Plenty of action... no long descriptions & no polysyllabic   
   linguistic terms such as "colloquial", "jocular", or "regional dialect"?   
      
      
      
   ak>  I was given this textbook by a man who studied English    
   ak>  in California when he was a boy.    
      
             
             That might explain a lot.  Although the language is fairly simple   
   the content isn't (as our daughter would say) "too little kiddy", and I see   
   how the latter probably appeals to various students of various ages.  :-)   
      
      
      
   ak>  As for me I read any book got in my hands. :)   
      
      
             Uh-huh.  IMHO it's all grist for the mill, and I'm quite sure that   
   if you don't understand something you'll look it up &/or make enquiries here.    
   :-)   
      
      
      
   ak>  Another fun I notice was the way the Americans use the    
   ak>  word "shorts". Until now I was sure that shorts are a    
   ak>  kind of short trousers.    
      
      
             That would be my initial reaction....  :-)   
      
      
      
   ak>  But it seems were underpants -    
      
      
             Yes, there is a style of male underpants known as "boxer shorts"...   
   I think that's what the author was referring to.   
      
             I also presume that while this guy was invisible his clothing may   
   not have been, and he felt rather uncertain as to what the monsters could   
   see.  :-Q   
      
      
      
      
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